Kazantzidis / Spatharas Hope in Ancient Literature, History, and Art

Ancient Emotions I
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-11-059825-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 63, 407 Seiten

Reihe: Trends in Classics - Supplementary VolumesISSN

Although ancient hope has attracted much scholarly attention in the past, this is the first book-length discussion of the topic. The introduction offers a systematic discussion of the semantics of Greek and Latin and addresses the difficult question of whether hope -ancient and modern- is an emotion. On the other hand, the 16 contributions deal with specific aspects of hope in Greek and Latin literature, history and art, including Pindar's poetry, Greek tragedy, Thucydides, Virgil's epic and Tacitus' . The volume also explores from a historical perspective the hopes of slaves in antiquity, the importance of hope for the enhancement of stereotypes about the barbarians, and the depiction of hope in visual culture, providing thereby a useful tool not only for classicist but also for philosophers, cultural historians and political scientists.

Zielgruppe

Classicists, Cultural historians, Historians of emotions, Philoso

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kazantzidis, George

Spatharas, Dimos

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

George Kazantzidis, University of Patras, Patras, Greece; Dimos Spatharas, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece.